public bool NavigateTo()

in src/Sarif.Viewer.VisualStudio.Core/ResultTextMarker.cs [239:366]


        public bool NavigateTo(bool usePreviewPane, bool moveFocusToCaretLocation)
        {
            ThreadHelper.ThrowIfNotOnUIThread();

            bool documentWasOpened = false;

            // Make sure to fully populate region.
            if (!this.TryToFullyPopulateRegionAndFilePath())
            {
                return false;
            }

            // If the tag doesn't have a persistent span, or its associated document isn't open,
            // then this indicates that we need to attempt to open the document and cause it to
            // be tagged.
            if (!this.PersistentSpanValid())
            {
                // Now, we need to make sure the document gets tagged before the next section of code
                // in this method attempts to navigate to it.
                // So the flow looks like this. Get Visual Studio to open the document for us.
                // That will cause Visual Studio to create a text view for it.
                // Now, just because a text view is created does not mean that
                // a request for "tags" has occurred. Tagging (and the display of those tags)
                // is highly asynchronous. Taggers are created on demand and disposed when they are no longer
                // needed. It is quite common to have multiple taggers active for the same text view and text buffers
                // at the same time. (An easy example is a split-window scenario).
                // This class relies on a persistent span (this.persistentSpan) being non-null and valid.
                // This class "creates" the persistent span when it is asked for its tags in the GetTags
                // method.
                // To facilitate that, we will:
                // 1) Open the document
                // 2) Get the text view from the document.
                // 2a) That alone may be enough to make the persistent span valid if it was already created.
                // 3) If the persistent span still isn't valid (likely because we have crated the persistent span yet), ask ourselves for the tags which will
                //    cause the span to be created.
                IVsWindowFrame vsWindowFrame = SdkUIUtilities.OpenDocument(ServiceProvider.GlobalProvider, this.resolvedFullFilePath, usePreviewPane);
                if (vsWindowFrame == null)
                {
                    return false;
                }

                vsWindowFrame.Show();

                documentWasOpened = true;

                // At this point, the persistent span may have "become valid" due to the document open.
                // If not, then ask ourselves for the tags which will create the persistent span.
                if (!this.PersistentSpanValid())
                {
                    if (!SdkUIUtilities.TryGetTextViewFromFrame(vsWindowFrame, out ITextView textView))
                    {
                        return false;
                    }

                    var componentModel = (IComponentModel)Package.GetGlobalService(typeof(SComponentModel));
                    if (componentModel == null)
                    {
                        return false;
                    }

                    IPersistentSpanFactory persistentSpanFactory = componentModel.GetService<IPersistentSpanFactory>();
                    if (persistentSpanFactory == null)
                    {
                        return false;
                    }

                    if (!this.TryCreatePersistentSpan(textView.TextBuffer, persistentSpanFactory))
                    {
                        return false;
                    }
                }
            }

            if (!this.PersistentSpanValid())
            {
                return false;
            }

            // Now, if the span IS valid it doesn't mean that the editor is visible, so make sure we open the document
            // for the user if needed.
            // But before we try to call "open document" let's see if we can find an active view because calling
            // "open document" is super slow (which causes keyboard navigation from items in the SARIF explorer to be slow
            // IF "open document" is called every time.
            if (!documentWasOpened ||
                !SdkUIUtilities.TryGetActiveViewForTextBuffer(this.persistentSpan.Span.TextBuffer, out IWpfTextView wpfTextView))
            {
                IVsWindowFrame vsWindowFrame = SdkUIUtilities.OpenDocument(ServiceProvider.GlobalProvider, this.resolvedFullFilePath, usePreviewPane);
                if (vsWindowFrame == null)
                {
                    return false;
                }

                vsWindowFrame.Show();

                if (!SdkUIUtilities.TryGetActiveViewForTextBuffer(this.persistentSpan.Span.TextBuffer, out wpfTextView))
                {
                    return false;
                }
            }

            ITextSnapshot currentSnapshot = this.persistentSpan.Span.TextBuffer.CurrentSnapshot;

            // Note that "GetSpan" is not really a great name. What is actually happening
            // is the "Span" that "GetSpan" is called on is "mapped" onto the passed in
            // text snapshot. In essence what this means is take the "persistent span"
            // that we have and "replay" any edits that have occurred and return a new
            // span. So, if the span is no longer relevant (lets say the text has been deleted)
            // then you'll get back an empty span.
            SnapshotSpan trackingSpanSnapshot = this.persistentSpan.Span.GetSpan(currentSnapshot);

            // If the caret is already in the text within the marker, don't re-select it
            // otherwise users cannot move the caret in the region.
            // If the caret isn't in the marker, move it there.
            if (!trackingSpanSnapshot.Contains(wpfTextView.Caret.Position.BufferPosition) &&
                !trackingSpanSnapshot.IsEmpty)
            {
                wpfTextView.Selection.Select(trackingSpanSnapshot, isReversed: false);
                wpfTextView.Caret.MoveTo(trackingSpanSnapshot.End);
                wpfTextView.Caret.EnsureVisible();

                if (moveFocusToCaretLocation)
                {
                    wpfTextView.VisualElement.Focus();
                }
            }

            return true;
        }